A parent was arrested Tuesday after bringing a firearm onto the campus of Southside Estates Elementary School, according to a message sent to families by the school\u2019s principal.<\/p>\n
Principal Brown said the incident happened during dismissal when a parent was found to have a firearm in their car.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n School police confiscated the weapon, escorted the parent into the building and placed the individual under arrest.<\/p>\n \u201cAt no point were students or staff in danger,\u201d Brown said in the message to families.<\/p>\n Out of an abundance of caution, school officials diverted car riders through an alternate exit for pick-up during dismissal.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Brown said that school officials were also informed that the same individual was allegedly in possession of a firearm during Monday\u2019s drop-off and reportedly flashed the gun toward other parents. That information led the school police to investigate and approach the individual\u2019s vehicle on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Possession of a firearm on a school campus is illegal, Brown said, noting that signs are posted throughout the campus reminding visitors that guns are not permitted on school grounds.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A parent was arrested Tuesday after bringing a firearm onto the campus of Southside Estates Elementary School, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[761,116,118,117,28594,22291,88208,88207],"class_list":["post-188083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-free-action-news-jax","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-possession-of-a-firearm","tag-school-campus","tag-school-grounds","tag-southside-estates-elementary-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}